LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sailing Boat Dorothy
Barmouth, Merionethshire.—Shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon of the 3rd of September, 1951, the sailing boat Dorothy was seen to cap- size one and a half miles off Cric- cieth. She belonged to the Morfa Bychan Public Schools Camp...
Mr R a Davies
Mr R. A. Davies, chairman of Hale Bams branch from 1975 to 1988..
Category: Obituaries
E. P. BARRUS LIMITED
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Lizard-Cadgwith: 52' Burnett Lifeboat the Duke of Cornwall (Civil Service No 33) on Exercise With An Rnas Culdrose Wessex Mk I Helicopter Off the Lizard Two of the Rn
Lizard-Cadgwith: 52' Burnett lifeboat The Duke of Cornwall (Civil Service No. 33) on exercise with an RNAS Culdrose Wessex Mk I helicopter off the Lizard. Two of the RN aircrew launched with the lifeboat; three lifeboatmen spent a short... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Enfant de Bretagne
Trawler taking water A FRENCH TRAWLER, Enfant de Bretagne, broadcast a Mayday call on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 2, 1975, saying that she was taking water in heavy weather in position 320°M 18 miles from St Ives Head. This...
Boy David
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire and New Brighton, Cheshire - At 7.44 p.m. on 2nd December, 1968, it was learnt that the shrimp boat Boy David with two men on board was overdue at Southport. After further enquiries had been made the...
Mrs Beryl Robertson of Alfred Terrace Walton Essex Helped By Her Mother Mrs Win Garratt Collected 150 Ib of Stamps from Friends and Local Shops During the Past Year R
Mrs Beryl Robertson of Alfred Terrace Walton, Essex, helped by her mother Mrs Win Garratt, collected 150 Ib of stamps from friends and local shops during the past year realising £40 which she gave to the RNLI.
Mrs... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Then And Now
tHen AnD nOw Capital gains In 1927, London ‘life-boat’ day was a huge operation, supported by the Lord Mayor of London and many of the borough mayors. Four thousand collectors, mainly women, worked from 150 temporary...
Category: Articles
Busiest year on record
The number of annual lifeboat launches has topped 9,000 for the first time in RNLI history. Statistics for 2009 show that volunteer crews launched 9,223 times, rescuing 8,235 people. The charity’s lifeguards also had their busiest year ever,...
Category: Articles
Coxswain/Mechanic Hewitt Clark of Lerwick
Coxswain/Mechanic Hewitt Clark of Lerwick joined the crew in 1965, and was reserve mechanic from 1966 to 1967. He then served as mechanic until his appointment as coxswain/ mechanic in 1979.
Hewitt was awarded a bronze... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs